WW2 Alberta Volunteer Veterans Reserve Field Service Cap

Showing some wear but overall very good. An extremely scarce item of Canadian WW2 headress. The Province of Alberta's Volunteer Veterans' Reserve was established in June 1940 as an auxiliary constabulary for the observation of vulnerable points such as dams and bridges. As with other veterans' volunteer groups, surveillance for subversive activity sadly often included attention to productive European immigrants. No arrangements were made for a uniform, but the men were provided with a black armband marked “VVR” in red and a field service cap for identification.